NATN 437 (P121135)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13554 & CBS 13554a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 <ku3-babbar>
2. sze 2(asz) gur-ta 1(asz)
3. sze-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
4. ki lu2-bala-sa6-ga-ta
reverse
1. a2-bi2-li2
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti ezem-mah-ta
4. iti gu4-si4-su4?-sze3
5. ag2-e-dam
6. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
7. igi lugal-ezem
8. igi ad-da-kal-la
left
1. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
envelope
  (not given)
seal 1
1. a-pi-li2
2. munu4-mu2

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Museum No.: CBS 13554 & CBS 13554a
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.09.00 (Reichskalender)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Authors Project Reviewer Status
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Földi, Zsombor; Jiménez, Enrique Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved
2018-03-23 at 18:53:25 CDLI CDLI CDLI approved
2017-01-02 at 02:24:08 Firth, Richard Firth, Richard CDLI approved
2011-07-22 at 13:47:58 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:38 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:56 CDLI CDLI CDLI approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Santoïemma, Loïc; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Reynolds, Kathryn R.; Aupperle, Eric; Freedman, Sally M.; Lafont, Bertrand; Guidi, Carlo; Hilgert, Markus; Molina, Manuel; Heinle, Michael; Jones, Jillian; Dahl, Jacob L.; Cripps, Eric L.; Guerra, Dylan; Ajango, Kelsey M.; Reid, Nicholas; Galador, Louis; Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001849 (composite) (P454559) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 437 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121135.

NATN 437 artifact entry (No. P121135). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121135 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 437 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121135 (Accessed: March 24, 2023).

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